The Left Needs an Alternative Cosmopolitanism
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Political philosopher Lea Ypi argues that the global right-wing surge is an ideological convergence, and the Left must develop an alternative cosmopolitanism to compete. Ypi contends that the Left needs to internationalize and reckon with the failures of state socialism and social democracy.
The global right-wing surge is not a geopolitical realignment, but an ideological convergence, according to political philosopher Lea Ypi. Ypi argues that the Left must develop an alternative cosmopolitanism, a left-wing internationalism, to meet the challenges of inequality, authoritarianism, and war. The current breakdown of the geopolitical order is driven by ideological alignment, with the Right promoting ethnocentric and ethnonationalist views. Ypi, who grew up in communist Albania, draws on her family's history to argue that the Left must reckon with the failures of state socialism and social democracy, rooted in the limitations of the nation-state. The postwar institutions, such as the United Nations and Bretton Woods, are fracturing, exposing their limitations and the need for a new left politics. Ypi's work integrates personal content with insights from political philosophy, reflecting on liberals' and socialists' shared value of freedom and its historical betrayals.
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